SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

CARS FUELED BY WATER
Award-winning special about the amazing possibility that the automotive fleet of the future will run on fuel produced from sea water and emit only a harmless vapor of humid air, ending our global fossil fuel crisis. A co-production of Planet Pictures and Oregon Public Broadcasting. (1 x '60). Production year: ©1992.

CYBER CITY DINER
Join us at this virtual cafe where puppets take you to the wackiest sites on the internet to meet the fascinating and sometimes offbeat people who created them. Stories take us into the field, while puppet segments provide transitions between each story. A Knowledge TV Production. 5 x '30. Production year: ©1995-1996.

COMPUTER CHRONICLES
Now in its 14th season, this series highlights all that is new and noteworthy in the computer world with in studio demonstrations, interviews with experts, and on-location reports. Winner of three Computer Press Association awards, including "Best TV Series." A production of PCTV. 78 x '30. Production year: ©1995-1997. Continuing production with 39 new episodes produced each year.

DOTTO'S DATA CAFE
Steve Dotto is the "Tim Allen" of this series, host of his own TV show, joking around while helping us all understand how to use our computers. The menu at Dotto's Data Cafe is all about computers -- how to choose them and use them, how to surf the net, how to work more efficiently, and how to have a lot of good fun. An Open Learning Agency Production. 39 x '30. Production year: ©1995-1997. On-going with 13 to 26 new episodes produced each year.

FUTURE TECH
Tomorrow's technology today. Each episode has 5-7 fascinating stories on everything from biomedicine to business breakthroughs. A Knowledge TV Production. 15 x '30. Production year: ©1995-1996.

HIGH TECH SHOWER
A continuing daily news magazine in production since 1991. This series introduces the newest advances in science and technology. Each story lets viewers know how technology impacts us all. Topics include chip technology, biomedical research, and the practical sciences, like mechanics and chemistry. Also brand new prototypes of devices about to be introduced into the marketplace are regularly featured. These stories range from 3 - 5 minutes each. 260 x '30. Production year: ©1996-1997. 260 new episodes produced each year.

INTERNET CAFE
"Cheers" for the cyber generation. Set in a real cafe offering customers internet access, each show is on a specific theme, like cyber politics, women, men, music, etc. This series shows us ways to surf the net and features "CyberBlast" -- a new technology that delivers computer software to viewers, free of charge, through the TV program, 15 times faster than a telephone modem! A PCTV Production. 25 x '30. Production year: ©1996-1997. On-going with 25 new programs each year.

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Short stories between 1:30 and 6:30 about new breakthroughs in technology and the historic development of these technologies and the technologies work. Produced by US Network affiliates. 21 x '60. Production year: ©1989-1994.

JOURNEYS
An action packed series profiling people with a flair for adventure and a passion for science. We go out into the field worldwide, studying an erupting volcano or tracking radio-collar grizzly bears. Awards include: Hot Docs! '97-Best Science; '96 Best Writer & Best Director; '96 Gemini -Best Sports Program & Best Performance Arts Program ; '95 Prix Leondardo Bronze Medal for Best Program and many more. A co-production of TV Ontario, Discovery Channel and Indigo Moon Pictures. 13 x '60 or 26 x '30. Production year: ©1996-1997. Continuing production, with 13 new episodes coming out each year.

PROFILES
Profiles of the leaders, innovators and inventors of the Information Super Highway. Insightful interviews and exciting video showing the very latest technology. We probe some of the most brilliant minds behind the cyber revolution and find out where the future is taking all of us. A Knowledge TV Production. 52 x '30. Production year: ©1995-1997. Continuing with 6-13 new episodes produced each year.

10 NANOSECONDS OF FAME
An irreverent look at the info superhighway featuring four field correspondents who give their take on the direction the road is going. A Knowledge TV Production. 13 x '30. Production year: ©1994-1995.

MULTIMEDIA GULCH
A behind the scenes look at how multi media products are created, from CD-ROMs, to games, to movie special effects. This series is interesting to children and adults, much like a series about how a feature film was made would be of interest to all ages. A Knowledge TV Production. 14 x '30. Production year: ©1994-1995.

NEW MEDIA NEWS
It's the "Entertainment Tonight" of the computer and information media, bringing exciting breakthroughs from the cutting edge of the digital revolution. 117 x '30. A production of KRON-TV. Production year: ©1996-1997. Continuing production with 117 new episodes produced each year.

SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR LONGEVITY ON "FUTURE PERFECT"
Scientists revealing the mysteries of aging and learning how to literally turn back the aging clock. A co-production of Planet Pictures, Oregon Public Broadcasting and Vision Films for The Discovery Channel, US. 1 x '30. Two versions are available, one more oriented toward the science aspect and the other more oriented toward human interest. Production year: ©1994.

VIRTUAL TRADE SHOWS
An overview of all that is newsworthy and interesting from the world's most important computer and digital trade shows and conventions. Delivered currently, as produced following each trade show. A Knowledge TV Production. 5 x '60. Production year: ©1996-1997. On-going with 5 new shows produced each year.

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ENVIRONMENT

E-REPORT
Environmental issues and solutions around the world. Topics include pollution, recycling, conservation, natural resources, endangered species, alternative energy sources and global warming. A production of the News Travel Network. 13 x '30. Production year: ©1992.

EARTH JOURNEYS
Impact of travel on our planet. Environmentally-sensitive destinations are shown where tourism is all about observing, preserving and sometimes rehabilitating plant and wildlife. 3 versions: 1) no presenter, 2) hosted by Ali Macgraw, or 3) by Christopher Reeve. Nominated for the Cable ACE Award. 26 x '30. Production year: ©1994.

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Over 140 environmental stories between 4 and 9 minutes, all shot on location around the world, featuring environmental topics, problems and solutions, affecting the natural and man-made world. A News Travel Network production. 15 x '60. Production year: ©1993-1997. Continuing production with about 30 new stories each year.

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